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Who Was The First Clelebrity You Met In Person?

Fri Sep 05, 2014 1:46 pm

Mine was David Wilkie, he visited our school in 1985 and we all had individual photos with him. :lol:

Re: Who Was The First Clelebrity You Met In Person?

Fri Sep 05, 2014 2:06 pm

Kris akabusi! He was the genie in an Aladdin panto when I was younger! My grandfather knew him so got to backstage! As a family of athletics fans at that time he was a family hero!

Re: Who Was The First Clelebrity You Met In Person?

Fri Sep 05, 2014 2:13 pm

Pr4incess Di :thumbup:

Re: Who Was The First Clelebrity You Met In Person?

Fri Sep 05, 2014 2:14 pm

Soryy - I meant Princess Di :thumbup:

Re: Who Was The First Clelebrity You Met In Person?

Fri Sep 05, 2014 2:21 pm

Tom Jones in 1980 in Las Vegas.

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Fri Sep 05, 2014 2:27 pm

Windsor Davies - 'Lovely boy!'

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Fri Sep 05, 2014 2:31 pm

Nigel Rees.....in the days you were allowed to run on the pitch and get the players signatures.

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Fri Sep 05, 2014 2:53 pm

Lina savaroni (opertunity knocks) 1980 + others

Best celebraties i met was the pg tips chimps had tea party with them in 1980 :lol:

Re: Who Was The First Clelebrity You Met In Person?

Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:09 pm

Terry yorath - presented our school football team with medals after playing a match at ninian park to represent Cardiff schools at a tournament in yeovil

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Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:27 pm

johnny owen the boxer .... i was training in new tredegar boxing gym when i was 14 and he walked into the gym ... i`ll never forget it

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Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:51 pm

Donald Pleasence.

Early 80's in Tivoli Gardens Theme Park in Spain. Sat in a restaurant at the next table.

Very nice man and up for a chat.

Re: Who Was The First Clelebrity You Met In Person?

Fri Sep 05, 2014 4:41 pm

Steve Fenwick if you can call him a celebrity - he was my games teacher and he certainly thought he was something. Shit teacher imo. First proper celebrity was Annie Lennox at the Marquee in London when she was playing in The Tourists.

Re: Who Was The First Clelebrity You Met In Person?

Fri Sep 05, 2014 4:46 pm

Ray Reardon

Fcking a list. Beat that!!!!

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Fri Sep 05, 2014 4:53 pm

Russ Abott when he was in The Black Abotts. :oops:

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Fri Sep 05, 2014 5:18 pm

griff105 wrote:Ray Reardon

Fcking a list. Beat that!!!!


barry john :thumbup:

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Fri Sep 05, 2014 5:23 pm

Jamie Baulche :laughing6:

He trained me when I was about 10 when I was doing Junior indoor athletics!

Re: Who Was The First Clelebrity You Met In Person?

Fri Sep 05, 2014 5:49 pm

pembroke allan wrote:
griff105 wrote:Ray Reardon

Fcking a list. Beat that!!!!


barry john :thumbup:


Yep that'll do it! :thumbup: Good old Barry John :notworthy: :notworthy:

Re: Who Was The First Clelebrity You Met In Person?

Fri Sep 05, 2014 5:52 pm

Peter Noone and Roy Hudd in pantomime in Bristol. :oops:

Re: Who Was The First Clelebrity You Met In Person?

Fri Sep 05, 2014 5:54 pm

Robert Plant and led zeppelin
One of their early concerts at Bristol
Me and a friend spent about 2 hours with
them after the concert
Amazing experience especially as they
became so famous afterwards

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Fri Sep 05, 2014 6:27 pm

John Charles when he was player manager of Merthyr

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Fri Sep 05, 2014 7:05 pm

Jimmy Saville, in Leo's in porth. I ran on a running machine for charity 99 tea bags.

If I knew then what we know now. Hmmmmmm

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Fri Sep 05, 2014 7:30 pm

Annis on the london underground 1984/85 when we played wimbledon away or was it charlton
he won't remember tho :old:

Neil kinnock on the train back from fulham late 80s

Re: Who Was The First Clelebrity You Met In Person?

Fri Sep 05, 2014 7:36 pm

Forever Blue wrote:Tom Jones in 1980 in Las Vegas.


Oops I met Lee Majors aka Six million dollar man an hour before I met Tom Jones :lol: :thumbright:

Re: Who Was The First Clelebrity You Met In Person?

Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:05 pm

nobby wrote:Mine was David Wilkie, he visited our school in 1985 and we all had individual photos with him. :lol:

Green grass from heartbeat when I was a kid :)

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Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:21 pm

never met anyone thats a celebrity, or "clelebrity" as the title states, :laughing6: except a load of cardiff players throughout years of my time supporting them. ooh and dai hunt, a gentleman who was on a show called pointless.

Re: Who Was The First Clelebrity You Met In Person?

Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:43 pm

griff105 wrote:
pembroke allan wrote:
griff105 wrote:Ray Reardon

Fcking a list. Beat that!!!!


barry john :thumbup:



Yep that'll do it! :thumbup: Good old Barry John :notworthy: :notworthy:
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He played footy for gwald y garth score from25 yds against me!

Ohhh ORVIL does a duck count?

Re: Who Was The First Clelebrity You Met In Person?

Sat Sep 06, 2014 5:56 am

Barry John for me too. He was the next door neighbour of a guy my father played rugby with for years.

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Sat Sep 06, 2014 9:15 am

I had trout and chips with Harry carpenter in Dublin.
Just me an array having food on a pub table,very nice man. :D

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Sat Sep 06, 2014 11:56 am

Mark Knopfler and the original Dire Straits line up at Colston Hall after the gig. Drummer of Simple Minds in the Millenium Stadium after a sound check. Can't for the life of me remember his name :roll:

Re: Who Was The First Clelebrity You Met In Person?

Sat Sep 06, 2014 11:56 am

Mark Knopfler and the original Dire Straits line up at Colston Hall after the gig. Drummer of Simple Minds in the Millenium Stadium after a sound check. Can't for the life of me remember his name :roll: